“To do two things at once is to do neither.”
– Publilius Syrus (85 – 43 BC), Latin writer
Motion is like a feather duster. It stirs stuff up and makes us feel like we’re getting something done.
Movement is like a vacuum cleaner, for the sake of the analogy. It picks stuff up and gets rid of it. It moves us closer to the goal.
In an era that romanticizes multi-tasking, it’s important to remember that multi-tasking is also largely an impossible undertaking. The more we try to do at the same time, the less we get done. Publilius said it better than I a long, long time ago.
A less-cultured source, Larry the Cable Guy, would just say, “Git’r done!”
Motion does not equal movement. And movement is ultimately what we’re likely to be judged upon.
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